Audit Step

The Audit step audits a ChangeMan ZMF change package.

The last approver will initiate the deployment or install of the package into production. The install can be scheduled or it be set to manual. If it is set to manual, the package install job is submitted as soon as the last approval is given.

Required connection properties:

Property Name Description
Host Address The TCP/IP host name or number of the LPAR of the ZMF subsystem to which you want to connect
Port Id The TCP/IP port ID for the ChangeMan ZMF subsystem to which you want to connect
User Id A TSO user ID or SERNET/ZMF trusted user ID that can login on behalf of other users
Password A TSO password or SERNET/ ChangeMan ZMF password

Optional connection properties:

Property Name Description
Login As User Id The user ID that will be used to login to ChangeMan ZMF by the trusted user ID
Login As Current DA User Use the currently logged in Deployment Automation user ID to login to ChangeMan ZMF, even if a user ID is specified in the Login As User Id field
Web Service Timeout Interval Timeout interval in minutes for the ChangeMan ZMF web service call. The default value is 5.
Note: You should set this to a higher value if your requests time out. Use this in conjunction with filters to limit the amount of data returned.

Other required properties:

Property Name Description
Package Name

The ChangeMan ZMF change package name

Scope Appl Enables you to change the default list of applications that will be considered for relationship checking for SRC/CPY and LOD/LOD (SYNCH5 and SYNCH8). For multiple scope applications use semi-colon [;] as a separator. Other separators will be treated as single scope applications.
jobCard

The job card to be used. For multiple job cards use a semi-colon [;] as a separator. Other separators will be treated as a single job card.

Other optional properties:

Property Name Description
Audit Auto Parms Indicates whether to use audit auto parms
Audit Lite Indicates whether to audit within staging libraries only rather than in both staging and baseline libraries
Promotion Group The ChangeMan ZMF promotion group from which to pull the latest files.
Audit Auto Resolve Indicates whether you want audit to resolve out-of-sync conditions involving copybooks and load modules automatically.
  • true: report out-of-sync conditions and submit recompile and relink jobs to resolve SYNCH2, SYNCH4, SYNCH5, SYNCH7, SYNCH8, SYNCH9, SYNCH15, and SYNCH16 conditions.

  • false: only report out-of-sync conditions but do not resolve them.

Audit Include History Indicates whether to include audit history. Valid values are true/false.
Audit Format Report Indicates whether to format the report by including printer control characters in the output file. Valid values are true/false.
Audit Part As Simple Indicates whether to audit participating ZMF change packages as simple packages. This option lets you omit cross-package dependencies from the audit of a participating package and follow rules for simple packages concerning baseline libraries. Valid values are true/false.
Audit Part As Primary Indicates whether to audit participating packages as primary packages. This option lets you include cross-package dependencies for all except previously-installed packages from the audit of participating packages. Valid values are true/false.
Audit Part By Dept Indicates whether to audit participating packages by department number. Valid values are true/false.
Audit RC Update Restrict To Target Indicates whether to restrict the audit return code update to the target package. Valid values are true/false.
Audit Trace Option Indicates whether to use the audit trace option. Valid values are true/false.
Include XAP headers Indicates whether to include XAP headers. Valid values are Yes, No, and Top.
Suppress Notify

Indicates whether to suppress the batch message. Valid values are true/false.

Lock Package Indicates whether to lock packages during audit. Valid values are true/false.
User Variable

User variables to be used. For multiple variables, use a semi-colon [;] as a separator. Other separators will be treated as a single user variable.